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Which products can you profitably buy and sell on Bol.com?
The ones where selling price minus commission, shipping and purchase price leaves enough margin at the volume you can actually sell. That sounds obvious and it is exactly the calculation that is usually missing, because commission and shipping live in a different system from the purchase price. Joining them per article and per period is the work.
What has to come together
| Piece | Where it lives | Why it matters |
|---|---|---|
| Sales and commission | The platform | Commission differs per category |
| Purchase price | Supplier or ERP | Changes within a period |
| Shipping and handling | Carrier or warehouse | Decides whether a cheap item earns at all |
Refreshed once a day, per article and per period, so a purchasing decision rests on a complete yesterday rather than a partial today.
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Which products can you profitably buy on Bol.com?
The ones where the selling price minus commission, shipping and purchase price leaves enough margin at the volume you can actually sell. That sounds obvious and it is exactly the calculation that is usually missing, because commission and shipping are not in the same system as the purchase price.
Why is that calculation so hard to make?
The pieces sit in different places: sales and commission with the platform, purchase price with the supplier, shipping in a third system. Joining them per article and per period is the work, and it has to be repeated because prices and commission change.
How current does it need to be?
Once a day is enough for purchasing decisions. The point is not real time but that yesterday is complete and correct before you commit money today.
What do you need from us to start?
Access to the sales data, a purchase price file per article, and the shipping and handling costs. If those three exist in any form, the rest is our problem.
Does this work alongside our own webshop?
Yes, and that is usually the point: one model where marketplace and own channel sit side by side, so you can see where a product genuinely earns rather than where it sells most.